Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi heroin addict whose car plunged into Garfield parking lot arrested again Lodi heroin addict whose car plunged into Garfield parking lot arrested again Lodi heroin addict whose car plunged into Garfield parking lot arrested again
Lodi heroin addict whose car plunged into Garfield parking lot arrested again YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 24-year-old former IHOP waitress who was charged with DWI after her car plunged over a 12-foot wall and into a Garfield shopping center parking lot last year was arrested on drug charges by Lodi police called to her apartment for a disturbance this morning. A man who called police to the Garibaldi Avenue home said Kelly Luterzo “threw her belongings all over the apartment,” Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti said this afternoon. He then led police into his bedroom, where they found a small clear glass tube used to smoke crack cocaine, and to the bathroom, where Lut…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Little Ferry police bust 7 in motel prostitution sting Little Ferry police bust 7 in motel prostitution sting Little Ferry police bust 7 in motel prostitution sting
Little Ferry police bust 7 in motel prostitution sting YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An hours-long sting by Little Ferry police at a local motel led to the arrests of three alleged hookers and four others charged with promoting prostitution. Little Ferry detectives working with their colleagues from Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special lnvestigation Squad conducted the sting yesterday at the Rodeway Inn (formerly the Capri) off Route 46 and Bergen Turnpike, Police Chief Ralph Verdi told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Arrested at 7:45 p.m. were Xu Yu Yun, 43, of Flushing, Queens, on charges of engaging in prostitution and two alleged accomplices from…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Fleeing Ramsey shoplifter OK after being hit by car Fleeing Ramsey shoplifter OK after being hit by car Fleeing Ramsey shoplifter OK after being hit by car
Fleeing Ramsey shoplifter OK after being hit by car UPDATE: A Somerset County heroin addict with a history of shoplifting arrests was hit by a car yesterday while running from Ramsey police after he’d stolen purses from T.J. Maxx, authorities confirmed today. Christopher Vetter, 39, of Bound Brook had grabbed eight purses worth nearly $1,300, then bolted through the parking lot of the Route 17 store to North Franklin Turnpike, where he was struck in front of an Asian restaurant just after 1 p.m., Police Chief Bryan Gurney said this morning. Vetter was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what responders characterized as minor inj…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Quartet charged with trafficking girl, 14, in Hudson County prostitution ring Quartet charged with trafficking girl, 14, in Hudson County prostitution ring Quartet charged with trafficking girl, 14, in Hudson County prostitution ring
Quartet charged with trafficking girl, 14, in Hudson County prostitution ring BEYOND BERGEN: Three Jersey City men and an accused accomplice from South Carolina trafficked a 14-year-old girl in a prostitution ring they operated in hotels in and around Hudson County, authorities announced today. The alleged ringleader, 24-year-old Michael A. McLeod of Jersey City (above, left), surrendered to city police this morning, state Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said early this afternoon. Fellow city residents David Powell Jr., 28 (second from left), and 27-year-old Tyree Jeter (second from right) were arrested Monday, Hoffman said. Demetrius James Hayward, 19, o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
White supremacy drawing attention at Pascack Valley High School White supremacy drawing attention at Pascack Valley High School White supremacy drawing attention at Pascack Valley High School
White supremacy drawing attention at Pascack Valley High School UPDATE: Swastikas scrawled on walls, white power signs flashed at sporting events and on social media, as well as “uses of the ‘n’ word,” have prompted escalating discussions this week among students, faculty and administrators at Pascack Valley High School following the publication of an open letter by a concerned student group. All are being asked to wear green to school tomorrow in solidarity against hatred and intolerance. *        *        *        *        *        * UPDATE: Five Pascack Valley HS students disciplined for ‘racially charged’ behavior amid white supremacy incidents …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Employee found dead from suspected overdose in restroom of Paramus Fairway Employee found dead from suspected overdose in restroom of Paramus Fairway Employee found dead from suspected overdose in restroom of Paramus Fairway
Employee found dead from suspected overdose in restroom of Paramus Fairway UPDATE: An autopsy was being conducted today on the body of a 48-year-old employee found in a locked restroom of the Fairway Market in Paramus with heroin works last night. Police were called to the East Ridgewood Avenue market just after 5:30 p.m. by co-workers who said they found the Wanaque man’s body, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this morning. He’d last been seen around 2 p.m., the chief said. “Co-workers also reported that the store’s cleaning personnel had found the restroom door was locked from the inside,” Ehrenberg said. “The workers picked the restroom lock and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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State authorities warn of bogus ‘arrest warrants’ in the mail State authorities warn of bogus ‘arrest warrants’ in the mail State authorities warn of bogus ‘arrest warrants’ in the mail
State authorities warn of bogus ‘arrest warrants’ in the mail PUBLIC SAFETY: Con artists have been mailing bogus arrest warrants to people in an attempt to swindle them out of money, acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman warned this morning. In addition to calling victims over the phone, scammers are mailing out the phony warrants that purport to be from state or federal authorities. In one of them (above), the letterhead says that the “warrant” was issued by the U.S. District Court and claims that the target is charged with criminal violations — including “collateral check fraud” and “theft by deception” –and faces “a maximum sentence …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Two new Ridgewood firefighters sworn Two new Ridgewood firefighters sworn Two new Ridgewood firefighters sworn
Two new Ridgewood firefighters sworn SHOUT OUTS: Two new career Ridgewood firefighters were sworn in last night. Anthony Dinice is the son of Ridgewood Police Officer Paul Dinice and grandson of the late Anthony Dinice, who served as a village police officer from 1956 until his retirement in 1981. Henry Van Wageningen III had been a volunteer firefighter since 2010 before the full-time appointment. His father-in-law, James Bombace, is a retired former chief of the village fire department. Anthony Dinice (PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving) Henry Van Wageningen III (PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving)  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Elmwood Park shoplifter jailed on his birthday, charged with heroin possession, resisting arrest Accused Elmwood Park shoplifter jailed on his birthday, charged with heroin possession, resisting arrest Accused Elmwood Park shoplifter jailed on his birthday, charged with heroin possession, resisting arrest
Accused Elmwood Park shoplifter jailed on his birthday, charged with heroin possession, resisting arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: On his 38th birthday yesterday, a former car salesman was arrested on shoplifting and heroin possession charges by Elmwood Park police, who said he was also combative. Officers responded to the Pathmark at 7:50 p.m. after security spotted Daryle Keffel of Elmwood Park walk out of the Broadway supermarket with stolen merchandise, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. They caught up to Keffel in the parking lot, where he “became combative and uncooperative and attempted to flee the area,” Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Officers physically detained him and b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah detectives bust Passaic County pot dealer out on bail with 15 pounds of marijuana, pound of THC at motel Mahwah detectives bust Passaic County pot dealer out on bail with 15 pounds of marijuana, pound of THC at motel Mahwah detectives bust Passaic County pot dealer out on bail with 15 pounds of marijuana, pound of THC at motel
Mahwah detectives bust Passaic County pot dealer out on bail with 15 pounds of marijuana, pound of THC at motel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Oakland man free on bail after he was charged with selling large amounts of pot from his home was arrested last night by Mahwah detectives who seized 15 pounds of marijuana and more than a pound of concentrated TCH — known as “dab” — during an undercover bust at a Route 17 motel. A judge, in turn, revoked the $200,000 bail for 31-year-old Darren Edward Richardson of Haskell — who has an extensive pot-related criminal history — and set $50,000 bail for the new drug possession and distribution charges, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. He remained held i…

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